Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

Rare certificate! Amador County. Cert. No. 116, issued for one share to Ashton on April 20th, 1857. Signed by Lorenzo Hamilton (president) and Samuel

Located in Sierra County on the North Fork of the Yuba River. From Samuel Berry. Samuel worked for wages throughout the summer. He paid George "...

Very rare. Two certificates for the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of ...

An early Gold Rush liquor license, issued to Louis Blanco for three months at a cost of $15. Signed by county treasurer John A. Paxton. Blue paper wit

Letter from Thomas Williams to sister Mary. Jimmy was in Weaverville in 1859. Now on Yuba River about 1/2 mile from Badger Hill. John McDonald and Jim

Interesting letter from a man named Ransom. Ransom complains that the boys have probably given up on coming out here. It is just as well as they would

A wonderful and oft forgotten look at the Gold Rush in a Minor Drama Play written by Alonzo Delano. He was a banker and author who lived in Nevada Cit

Someone named William is going to San Francisco, so he is writing this letter. (That means it travelled to the East Coast via clipper ship). Smith has

From Lucian Curtis and written to General Vallejo in care of Miss Hackett & Judah at the Burgoyne Building in San Francisco. He was to mov

Number 165 for 1 share to Mary Parkes. Signed by E. White and J. Rowets(?). RARE and VERY FINE certificate from the Pacific Land Company issued in 186

Number 47 fro $500.00 to Arthur S. Barber. Signed by Charles Lindley and Henry (?). This is an early California bond that was issued in 1852. That was

Author of this letter wants Shankland to contact the Secretary of the Interior. He is asking for no further delay in the appointment of AA Wheelock of

Account of shipping balance due. A single page account sheet of money owed hand-written for Captain R. Greenlee. Shows first payment on sale of boat,

Fabulous lot of 10 Gold Rush covers and letters. 1) 1854 stampless ('10') letter from Sacramento City. "...and was much surprised to le...

Hand written letter sheet from R.P Buck of New York to Clark Sewall of Bath, Maine. Buck was informing Sewall that the gold dust sent by Sewall had b

"This is to certify that Edwin G. Waite arrived at San Francisco, California July 16, 1849 in the Brigantine Soledad from Panama via the Isthmu...

Rare SS Republic Lithograph. Measures 2” x 3”on card stock backing. This is one of the only known views of the SS Republic when it was known as the SS

50 billheads and Wells Fargo receipts. All assay related: Justinian Caire and Selby. City: San Francisco State: California Date: 1890-1918 hwa

Deposited by Hobart, Dunbar & Co. Receipt shows "Quartz in the gold for $1,195.88" Printed by Edward Bosqui & Co. San Francisco. ...

Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited by F. Roseman at the San Francisco Office. Deposit is for $115.05 oz and totals $1,486.08. Receipt is red ink pri

1) Great assay resource. From 0 to 900 troy ounces. What is the silver and gold worth? Fabulous. 2) Also a Thomas Selby 1860 billhead. City: San Fr

Memorandum of bullion deposited by Thomas Bell & Co. to Thomas Price, Analytical Chemist, Assay and Bullion Melter. Office at 524 Sacramento Str...

Wonderful set. Made to Accompany Handbook of Blowpipe Analysis by G. Montague Butler, E. M., assistant Professor of Geology and Metallurgy, Colorado S

A truly fabulous piece of Comstock and Nevada history: an original sign from a famous Virginia City assayer, Wiegand & Company. Physical Char...

Memorandum of Gold and Silver Bullion number 8853 deposited by Summit Mill. A Nevada 5c revenue stamp is at the top left and the bottom is signed by E

Large moisture scale pan. Fairbanks Scales, Globe emblem at center. Porcelain, 12" diameter x 3/8" thick. Used in assay lab to measure moi...

Eight stacked sieves and one maverick. Openings on the sieves are all different (74 microns, 1/4", 297 microns, 12.7mm, etc. Nice set! City:...

Working Pelton Wheel. 17" diameter. Mounted in wood frame. Makes a nice display piece. The Pelton wheel is a impulse type water turbine. It was...

Thirty Seven volumes of Scientific American magazine, 1867 to 1914. Incomplete. Various conditions. July-Dec 1867; Jan-Jun 1868; Jul-Dec 1869; Jan-Dec

Twin Mountain stock certificate, no. 21, for 1000 shares issued to Chas. M. Ghriskey Jr. Signed by A. Wood, president and Wm. J. Merrill, treasurer, 1

We believe these are Alaska stocks. Two stock certificates: 1) British American Gold Mining and Trading Company, no. 1286. Issued for 200 shares to Ra

Lot of 20 with duplication. Seven mailed (1905-1914) and a few others have writing. Mostly early printed cards with 5 real photo. Views of: Copper Que

Lot of nine. Includes: The Mascot Company (Mascot, 1904, not cxl), Central Copper Company of Arizona (Dos Cabezas) Certificate of Cancellation (1925)

Lot of 26. Fifteen are for Globe, eleven for Miami. Globe: nine early printed cards, five RPC and one later. Most are of the Old Dominion Mine and Sme

Cert. #2797. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona. Issued to Lucille Monthiers Dehaynin for one founders share in 1898. Signed by Herbert J. Delam

Lot of 17 certificates. Includes: Standard Minerals Co. (Kingman, 1918, not cancelled), Kingman Silver-Gold Mines Co. (1923 & 1926, not cancelle...

Includes: The Continental Exploration Co. (1905, not cxl), Copper King Mines Corp. (1909, not cxl), Callzonia Mines Inc. (1929, not cxl, Arivaca), Bla

Rare three page report listing expenses, production, liabilities, cash on hand and stock listings for this very famous mine that operated in Maricopa

Rare. Inc. in Territory of Arizona. No. 177, issued for 2,000 shares on March 16, 1899. Signed by Crawley (vice president) and White (secretary). Gilt

Lot of 21. Includes: The Copper Belt Mining Co. (1884, Black Hills, not cxl, gorgeous!), The Clemenceau Mining Corp. (two issued 1939, Jerome, not cxl

Lot of five, all attractive, four with nice vignettes. 1) Four certificates, three different for the Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company (Santa Mari

Lot of 24 with some duplicates. Douglas: early RPC showing Copper Queen Smelter, mailed; two early printed cards of Copper Queen Store; early RPC 1906

Lot of 18 with twelve real photo. Includes: Crusher at Ajo, Open Pit (Ajo), Machine Shop (Kingman), The Tennesse (Chloride), Copper Queen Power Plant,

Lot of 16 certificates for Arizona mines not listed in Garbani (2002). Includes: The Columbus Mines Co. (1913, not cxl), Cieneguita Cons. Mines Co. (1

Central Arizona Mining Company cert. # 5000 for 100 shares issued to R Baudoin. This is one of the most famous mines in Arizona, named after several s

Lot of ten. Gila County: Rio Grande Mining Co. (two from 1933, not cancelled), Globe Dominion Copper Co. (two from 1918, not cancelled), New Dominion

Lot of 13 pictorial. 1) Pinal County: Teller Mining Co. (Sawtooth, 1902, not cancelled) and two Troy-Manhattan Copper Co. (1904 & 1905, not canc...

Beautiful reprint copy of this classic Arizona reference book. Printed by Rio Grande Press, 1970. 431 pages, plus a large appendix, 43 pp. of advertis

500+, possibly closer to 750 paystubs. Archive of paycheck receipts for the Keystone Mines issued 1912-1914. Most are consecutive. Signed by miners. A

Lot of four different. 1) Valparaiso Mining Company. Inc. Dec. 31st, 1872. No. 223, issued for 50 shares to T.J. Phelps on Dec. 5, 1873. Signed by C.

Lot of five different. 1) Valparaiso Mining Company, issued 1873, signatures of Jones (president) and Watson (secretary), not cancelled. Native Americ

Location: Newton District, Amador County. Inc. June 26, 1863. No. 96, not cancelled. Issued to Joseph Steffens for 10 shares on Sept. 12th, 1863 in Sa

Cert. #31, issued for 25 shares in 1872. Incorporated in 1872. Location: Ophir Mining District, Placer Co., California printed to the left of the eag

Cert. #2041, issued to G.B. Bayley, trustee for 100 shares in 1880. Signed by T.E. Jewell as vice president and F.E. Luty as secretary. Lith. Britto

Inc. in California, 1878. No. 3845, issued for one share to the company vice president, T.E. Jewell, on Jan 23rd, 1882. Signed by Jewell and F.E. Luty

This booklet is a compilation of the original mining records and compiled by O. F. Hakes. The earliest record was from the Taylor Cabin at Bodie Diggi

Location: Bodie Mining District. Inc. in California, March 14th, 1878. No. 5698, issued for 100 shares to S.B. Wakefield & Co. in San Francisco....

Very early & rare Bodie piece! Not cancelled. Incorporated in New York. No. 213, issued in 1864. Signed by Alonozo Child (president) and Henry K...

1)Card stamped "Salisbury & Richardson, Boots and Shoes, Bodie". Stamp has been applied after market. 2) Bodie ghost town photograph. ...

Three different. 1) Yellow Jacket & Carey Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Company. West Point Mining District. No. 683, issued for 50 shar...

Lot of 11 pieces, mostly mining-related. Includes seven stock certificates: Calaveras Copper Company (1926, not cancelled, mining vignette), Murray Cr

This small archive includes: two issued company stock certificates (heavy wear) from 1920s; a bound book of copies of early claims and court cases for

Rare. Inc. in New York. No. 1753. Issued for 100 shares to S.G. Croby on March 2, 1880. Signed by Marshall (president) and Louusbery (?) (secretary).

1-3) Calaveras Water and Mining Company. Numbers, 1758, 1756, and 390. 1880 and 1882. Signed by R. K. Southwick (two are issued to him) and J. Marshal

Rare. Not seen by us before. $1,000 bond No. 192 issued June 1st, 1881. Signed by Marshall as president and Southwick as secretary. Not cancelled! Fif

Rare stock for this company operating in West Point Mining District. No. 711, issued in 1873 for 100 shares to J.W. Rover. Not cancelled. Signed by Ja

Twelve total. Includes: True Cons. Mining & Milling Co. (1909, pen cxl), Pennsylvania Cons. Mining Co. (1897, pen cxl), Central Eureka Mining Co...

$1000 Bond cert. #196 issued in 1865. The company operated the Oro Fino, Mammoth, Knickerbocker and Chrysopolis lodes near the Owen's River in t...

1) South Pacific Mining Co. Inc. in NY. Located at Salt Springs in Death Valley. Issued in 1883. Vignette of mine tunnels and mine facility on surface

First one seen by us! Inc. in 1866. No. 289. $100 First Mortgage Bond. Issued to trustees Henry Souther, Elisha Atkins, and Reuben E. Demmon on March

Nine pieces - all official agreements. Many have been translated. 1) List of persons with 24% interest in the Coe Company. Each has put in a said amou

Great photographs! 1) Logging photo, two guy sitting on pipe. Matted 8" x 10". 2) Another timber photo of a group of men at an equipment a...

Hand written bill of sale for a gold mining claim, Gatewood Claim. Owned by A. Wood Beaman and sold to Samuel F. Whiting for $30.00. Signed by Alfred

Lot of 14. Issued stocks: Gold Tunnel Mining Company (Nevada City, 1903, two mining vignettes, not cxl), Golden Center of Grass Valley Mining Company

Group of 10 Grass Valley and Nevada City mining postcards including the Golden Centre Gold Mine; W.Y.O.D. Mine on Fire, Jan. 31, 1912; Foote Residence

Photograph is by Moore of Grass Valley. In back it is written "Malakoff, North Bloomfield." Great Contrast 7.75 x 5.5". City: Gr...

Lot of four. 1) South Idaho Consolidated Mining & Milling Company stock certificate No. 193, issued in 1894 to the wife of the company secretary...

Group of 16 illustrating the famous North Star Mine, Mill, or the North Star Mines Co. Electric railroad, Grass Valley, Cal. City: Grass Valley S

1) Washington Mining Company. No. 371, issued for 100 shares to the company secretary in 1882. Pen cancelled. Crisp. 2) New Eureka Consolidated Gold M

1) Washington Mining Company. No. 158, issued for 25 shares to Henry Noritzky in 1878. Signed by Uphoft (president) and Carson (secretary). Pen cancel

1) New York Hill Gold Mining Company. No. 1135, issued in San Francisco to R. Finnie for 200 shares in 1880. Punch cancelled through signatures of the

1) North Star Gold Mine power house under construction. Pipe has been covered and the wheel and compressor are in place. 7.75 x 9.75". Light co...

1) Moore photograph of the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Inside the hoist house. 8 x 10". 2) Underground pumping station of the Allison Ranch Mine. Unid...

Two different. Location: Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California. 1) 1878 issued stock No. 166 to Henry Noritzky. Signed by H. Uphoft

1) Washington Mining Co. Grass Valley. Issued 1882 to the secretary (Fletcher). Also signed by Wm. Terman (president). Pen cancelled. No vignette. Rip

Lot of 18. Six different types of checks. 1) North Star Gold Mining Company, Bank of California: five, issued 1877-1878, all with a single adhesive re

1) Greenwater Red Boy #129 for 1,000 shares to William Israel in 1906. Signed by Robert Todd and H. Bragdon. 2) Greenwater Bimetallic Copper Mining Co

Cert. #19, issued to John S. Hills, Trustee for H.G. Fard for 15,000 shares. Signed by John Hills as president and R.C. Moore as secretary. Tasker Od

A group of four certificates from this mining company which operated near the west shore of Lake Tahoe at Homewood. All issued to Anna E. Fox or R.H.

Rare! Number 249 for 26,561 shares to P Reddy in 1875. Signed by Hughes & Holland(?)  This is a hard to find GT Brown, African American, li...

Incorporated in 1863. Cert. #38, issued to John Edwards for one share. Signed by Geo. Withington, president, and Joseph Bowen, secretary. Vignette at

Number 116 for 100 shares to Trustee John Sproston(?) in 1880. Has an oar and sail vignette. Signed. Not cancelled. Located in Jackson. Operated 1850-

Group of 5 showing the Kennedy Mine Fire, Jackson, Calif. The Kennedy Mine was originally discovered in the 1850s and was once the deepest gold mine

Group of 11 from the Prag collection from the Kennedy Mine & Milling Co., Jackson, Calif. "Over a Mile Deep, the deepest gold mine in the U...

Group of 10, including: 6 from the Golden Queen, 2 from the Tropico Gold Mine, and 2 of "Exposed Treasure Mine near Mojave, Cal." (Prag ...

#248 for 25 shares to F Luty trustee in 1879. Issued 27 days after incorporation. Signed by Luty as secreatry and vice president Atkinson. Excellent c

Lot of six documents. Most are pertaining to James Davies. 1) 1872 deed of land signed by California's eleventh governor Newton Booth. Booth wen...

1) The Arctic Trustees of Los Angeles. Mines and Power Plant in Washington, Nevada County. Two stocks issued 1922 and 1923. Signed by the president an

Location: Michigan Bluff, Placer County. Main office in Sacramento. This lot includes two copies of a prospectus most likely c.1910. Full of many blac

Lot of four. 1) Golden Eagle Mining Company. Location: Ophir Mining District. No. 275, issued for 10 shares in 1873. Signed by the president (Warren